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Writing in the National Catholic Register, Sophia (Mason �09) Feingold on Mary�s Magnificat to develop the idea of what she calls �generational grace,� complementing Biblical ideas of generational sin that can sometimes perplex readers of Scripture.

�Generational sin is a real phenomenon, though it might be well to borrow a phrase from the psychologists and recognize that it is sometimes �generational trauma,�� writes Mrs. Feingold. But she is quick to add that �one of the key promises of the New Testament � is that it is possible to end a cycle of generational evils.�

The grace of encountering Christ, believes Mrs. Feingold, ripples through generations the way sinfulness once rippled. To make her case, she turns to Mary�s Magnificat, where �God�s graciousness is perhaps most dramatically represented.� Between carefully examining the language of the prayer and Johann Sabastian Bach�s famous musical setting of the words, Mrs. Feingold�s offers a  of God�s overwhelming mercy.